The New Testament, Episode 23: Transmission, Translations, & the KJV

This episode will cover the class notes of the last three class periods for the New Testament class. In this episode, we will briefly discuss how the original manuscripts of the New Testament were transmitted through time to us today. We will also take a look at translation philosophies of English translations and discuss the value of a few of them. The second half of the podcast will deal with the King James Version of the Holy Bible. We will look at the history of early English translations, the reasons why James I called the Hampton Court Conference to produce what would become the KJV, and take a look at the KJV-Only controversy.